Trauma Social Worker LCSW Part Time
Listed on 2025-04-23
-
Healthcare
Clinical Social Worker, Healthcare Support, Mental Health
Desert Regional Medical Center is a 385-bed acute-care hospital classified as a stroke receiving center and Level I Trauma Center with an innovative, patient-centered and evidence-based Rehabilitation Services Department. Our compassionate team provides a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, including acute care rehabilitation, joint replacement & spinal surgery, neurosurgery, ICU, Telemetry, step-down care, skilled nursing, as well as outpatient therapy, hand and lymphedema clinics.
Up to $12,500 Sign On Bonus for Qualified Candidates
GENERAL DUTIES:
The Trauma Social Worker at a Level I Trauma Center is responsible for providing screening and specialized psychosocial support to patients and families experiencing severe or life-threatening injuries. Working within an interdisciplinary trauma team, this individual facilitates care along the continuum by coordinating internal and external resources, offering crisis intervention and counseling, and ensuring that patients’ immediate and long-term needs are effectively addressed.
The Trauma Social Worker balances each patient’s right to self-determination with the ethical and regulatory standards of the hospital and state licensing boards.
Shift: Days
Hours: 8am - 5pm
Schedule: 6 shifts every two weeks. Every other weekend required.
Qualifications:
Required qualifications include a Master in Social Work (MSW). Must be currently licensed, certified, or registered to practice profession as required by law or regulation in state of practice or policy. Active license for state(s) covered. Minimum of two years acute hospital experience preferred. Required skills include demonstrated organizational skills, excellent verbal and written communication skills, ability to lead and coordinate activities of a diverse group of people in a fast-paced environment, critical thinking and problem-solving skills, and computer literacy.
Preferred:
Accredited Case Manager (ACM).
Responsibilities:
Position Specific Responsibilities:
Assess and reassess trauma patients for psychosocial, financial, and support needs, creating individualized transition plans to support recovery and prevent readmissions.
Address unique psychosocial considerations (e.g., coping with sudden disability, life-altering injuries).
Communicate transition plans to interdisciplinary teams, ensuring alignment with patient goals.
Completes Complex/Psycho-social screenings and assessment to plan for patients identified as high risk.
Provides psycho-social assessment and intervention for patients identified with needs including behavioral health, lack of support systems, financial barriers, end of life, and/or medication adherence.
Completes timely, complete and accurate documentation in the Tenet Case Management documentation system to communicate information to the care team and provide documents needed in the patient record.
Screen for socioeconomic and psychosocial factors affecting the progression of care.
Provide or arrange for ongoing crisis intervention, counseling, and linkage to community services.
Collaborate with physicians, nursing staff, and other disciplines to ensure patient needs are met timely and safely.
Assist with adoption/abuse/neglect cases and reporting of appropriate cases to local, state and/or federal agencies.
Educate patients, families, and staff on psychosocial aspects of trauma care, community resources, and post-trauma recovery.
Promote trauma-informed care principles and strategies to the healthcare team.
Ensure understanding of discharge instructions and resource utilization.
Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local regulations and accreditation requirements impacting case management scope of services.
Adhere to department structure and staffing, policies and procedures to comply with the CMS Conditions of Participation and Tenet policies.
Operate within the Social Work scope of practice as defined by state licensing regulations.
(If this job is in fact in your jurisdiction, then you may be using a Proxy or VPN to access this site, and to progress further, you should change your connectivity to another mobile device or PC).